Memorial Day Rundown:

YOUR WEEKEND

Film, Parties, Concerts

May 26, 1994|Lori Crouch

Here's a rundown on events scheduled for the Memorial Day weekend.

FRIDAY

-- The Norton Gallery of Art will sponsor a screening of The Juniper Tree, winner of the South Florida Cultural Consortium awards, at the Carefree Theater, 2000 Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, at 9:30 p.m.

Admission is $5.50 for adults and $3.50 for seniors and students.

The South Florida Cultural Consortium selects seven artists from various disciplines for $15,000 Visual and Media Arts Fellowship awards each year. Filmmaker Nietzchka Keene of Miami made the 80-minute black-and-white movie in 1991.

The Norton is at 1451 Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach. Admission is $4. Call 832-5196 or 832-5194.

SATURDAY

-- Teens can celebrate the weekend with a "Dancin' in the Streets" party in West Palm Beach at noon to 4 p.m. at the Kravis Center Amphitheater.

The events will include three-on-three basketball, a Florida Panthers street hockey exhibition, and an in-line skating demonstration. A Miami Heat representative and players also may stop by. It also will include a performance by rap group"1 Way."

The Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., is at the corner of Okeechobee and Tamarind avenues.

SUNDAY

-- The Memorial Day observance at Royal Palm Memorial Gardens, 5601 Greenwood Ave., West Palm Beach, is at 1 p.m. The cemetery is north of St. Mary's Hospital and 45th Street.Call 848-8659.

-- The Irish Cultural Institute will have a Memorial Day picnic and party noon to 7 p.m. at Tradewinds Park, 3600 Sample Road, Pompano Beach. It costs $1 to enter the park. Call 1-305-946-1093 for more information.

-- Boca Raton Road Runners will have its 17th annual Memorial Day family affair at 7:30 p.m. on at the Boca Raton YMCA, 6630 Palmetto Circle South. Cost is $10 for members, $12 for nonmembers before race day, $15 on race day. The price for children ranges from $3 to $5. Call 487-0605.

ALL WEEKEND

-- The NationsBank Summer Series kicks off this weekend with three concerts at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre, on Federal Highway north of Palmetto Park Road. The Boca Pops will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday; the Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday; and the Boca Ballet Theatre Company at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free. Call 393-7806, number 2.

-- The Memorial Day Fishing Derby takes place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at John Prince Park at the Congress Avenue entrance, north of Lantana Road, in Lake Worth. The derby is free and free bait (wriggling worms) also is free.Call 968-2004.